outwardly

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Recent Examples of outwardly Despite that, de Moraes has remained outwardly unfazed. Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025 Mofakham and her team recorded videos of 37 patients with recent brain injuries who outwardly appeared to be in a coma. Andrew Chapman, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2025 While the impact of digital twins may not be outwardly visible to consumers in the same way, say, Walmart’s Sparky agent is, its effects will be real. Rachel Curry, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025 From governance to deployment, nothing should be hidden, not only to foster trust, but to actively build skills outwardly ahead of an external team taking eventual ownership. Gautam Lohia, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outwardly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwardly
Adverb
  • In analyzing Charlotte’s guard-heavy roster, many pundits externally don’t view the Hornets’ frontline as a strength.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The pressure came both internally from league officials and externally from TV audiences and fans on social media, to standardize the zone and increase their accuracy.
    Becky Sullivan, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The team went from Noelvi Marte, visibly struggling with his confidence at third base, to a Gold Glove third baseman in Ke’Bryan Hayes taking over that spot.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The twosome was visibly emotional, with Trent smiling widely and Selena appearing to tear up, footage shows.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • There is another narrow corridor extending from the room, seemingly leading to another space.
    Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • With the basketball gods seemingly siding with Indiana, the Aces needed someone to step up with Young and Wilson the only Vegas players in double figures – up stepped Gray.
    Frank Nunns O'Connell, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • But apparently nothing says 'Make America Great Again' like turning Yosemite into one giant toilet.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Witnesses told police that the shooting occurred after two parties apparently disagreed about exchanging car insurance information following a minor accident.
    Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The personality was evidently deliberately neutered.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There is evidently room for improvement based on last season’s output.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Though the lead couple of Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) and Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis) is ostensibly heterosexual, the fears expressed by The Fly are ones that especially resonated with gay audiences during the 1980s.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
  • Digital rights advocates have also pushed back against a proposal to limit a person to only one social media account per platform, ostensibly as a means to crack down on disinformation.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The anachronistic, startling tall ship and black mast, the word Dash clearly visible upon her prow, supposedly took the blasts and disappeared again.
    Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
  • And a bed in Room 19 is haunted by a bride who supposedly hung herself from the headboard in 1912.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Outwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwardly. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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